Keane's Late OT Goal Clinches Delaware's Upset of Bucknell

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The University of Delaware
let a big third quarter lead slip away, but sophomore Danny Keane
was there to save the day Saturday afternoon as he scored with just
five seconds left in overtime to send the No. 19 ranked Blue Hens
to an 11-10 upset win over No. 12 Bucknell at Christy
Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Delaware, now off to a 2-0 start for the third straight year and
for the eighth time in the last nine seasons, built a 10-5 lead
late in the third quarter before Bucknell stormed back to send the
game into extra time on a goal by Todd Heritage with 6:57 left in
regulation.

The Bison won the overtime faceoff but both teams turned the
ball over during their first possessions of the four-minute extra
session.

Bucknell turned the ball over again with 1:43 left on its second
possession to give Delaware the chance to win it. After working the
ball around, Delaware senior Grant Kaleikau found Keane, who scored
the game-winner with just five seconds left to play to end the
game.

Keane, who scored four goals in the Hens' season-opening 19-6
win over Detroit last week, netted three goals on this day
highlighted by the game-winner. Sean Finegan scored three goals and
dished out an assist, Brenden Gilson and Mark Yetter each scored
twice and dished out an assist, and Kaleikau dished out four
assists for the second straight game.

Delaware senior Dan Cooney won 13 of 23 faceoffs while
goalkeeper Chris Herbert posted eight saves to earn the win.
Bucknell became the highest ranked opponent to fall to Delaware
since the Hens upended then No. 8 Hofstra 10-9 in last year's CAA
semifinals.

Bucknell (0-1), which won a school record 14 games a year ago
when it advanced to the NCAA Tournament and lost by just one goal
to national champion Virginia in the opening round, got a game-high
four goals from Heritage.

Tom Black added two goals, Chase Bailey had a goal and two
assists, and Billy Eisenreich and Peter Burke each had a goal and
an assist. Burke also had five ground balls.

Gilson scored two goals in the opening stanza to help Delaware
break out to a 3-1 lead after one period and the Hens took a 6-3
lead into halftime as Keane scored twice in the second quarter,
including a goal off a feed from Gilson with 7:14 left in the
half.

The Blue Hens, the two-time defending Colonial Athletic
Association champions, came out strong in the second half as
Kaleikau fed Yetter and Finegan on goals in the opening four
minutes to push the UD lead to 8-3.

Bucknell answered with two goals from Heritage, but Delaware
responded with goals from Finegan and Yetter to push the
UDâ€ˆlead back to five at 10-5.

But the Bison managed to shut down the Hen offense the rest of
the way as they mounted a wild comeback. Black, Kyle O'Keefe, and
Heritage each scored a goal in the final six minutes of the stanza
as the Bison narrowed the Delaware lead to 10-8 heading into the
fourth quarter.

Bucknell then tied things up as Bailey scored 53 seconds into
the stanza and Heritage sent the game into overtime on his goal
with 6:57 left.

The victory gave Delaware head coach Bob Shillinglaw his 301st
career win. Last week in the win over Detroit, the veteran Blue Hen
mentor became just the eighth head coach in college men's lacrosse
history to reach the 300-victory mark.

Delaware will look to improve to 3-0 next Saturday when the Hens
travel to Baltimore to take on Loyola (Md.) at 1 p.m. The Bison
play their next three on the road, starting with No. 11
Massachusetts next Saturday at 1 p.m.